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Games like X-17

2016PC50 % positive

An indie shooter mixing first- and third-person perspectives, in which you fight an alien invasion on Earth and on other planets. The available information is sparse, so this rating is cautious.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Fast pace

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In short: Games like X-17

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes X-17 special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

Similar in what way?

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Best match

Starship Troopers

93 %Match

2005PC

Brings what grabs you about X-17: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and action-packed real-time combat.

A first-person shooter based on the film where you fight huge swarms of alien bugs with futuristic weapons. Hundreds of enemies on screen at once make for frantic, large-scale battles.

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Blake Stone: Planet Strike

Shooting and gunplay

A classic retro first-person shooter in the Wolfenstein 3D mold: as agent Blake Stone you fight through maze-like fortress levels to stop a power-mad scientist and his mutant army. Keycards and secret passages add variety.

VR Shooter Guns

Realistic visuals

A small indie sci-fi first-person shooter built specifically for roomscale VR on the HTC Vive. The focus is on hands-on gunplay in virtual reality.

Jupiteration

Shooting and gunplay

A sci-fi shooter built for VR headsets (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift with Touch) where you aim and fire using your own motion controls. I know little about this game, so this rating relies mostly on the metadata.

Half-Life: Uplink

Realistic visuals

Uplink is a short standalone Half-Life demo built from content cut from the main game. It delivers classic shooter action with familiar weapons and enemies in a research facility setting.

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

Shooting and gunplay

A classic Wolfenstein 3D-style retro first-person shooter where you infiltrate the futuristic facilities of the mad Dr. Goldfire. Maze-like levels with keycards, elevators and mutants deliver old-school action.

SiN Episodes: Emergence

Shooting and gunplay

A short, story-driven first-person shooter on the Source engine where you play security chief John Blade against the ruthless scientist Elexis Sinclaire. It features a dynamic difficulty system and pulpy, comic-style action.

Merger 3D

Realistic visuals

An indie shooter set in a dystopian 2048, where a mercenary unit fights bio-terrorism and illegal human cell modification. Information is scarce, so this rating is conservative.

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